URCHFONT skipper Patrick Bromley paid tribute to returning batsman Morlon Simon after his century helped his side to a 155-run win over Collingbourne in Division One on Saturday.

Simon smashed 115 and shared a third-wicket stand off 77 with Joe Dorgan as their side reached 236-8 from 45 overs.

Collingbourne, who had won the toss, were then dismissed for 81 in just 29 overs as Toby Dorgan’s 4-7 from five overs and tight bowling from Keith Bills and Simon kept them penned down.

Bromley said: “It was a great win for the team. (It was) a spectacular innings from Morlon who showed some classy shots and some huge sixes.

He is a huge asset to the team and that shows the damage he can do even on a wet wicket.

“He’s playing Combined Services firsts (cricket) now so I’m sure we will see a lot more from Morlon this year.

“The team supported him throughout his innings and we went out to bowl and field really well.

“Toby Dorgan was the pick of the bowlers with some unbelievable spin.’’ Wootton Bassett captain Darren Beasant hailed Jack Paish as he led the side to the summit with an unbeaten 58 against Malmesbury.

“Jack is almost unrecognisable this year compared to last,” said Beasant.

“He is absolute class. It is not just the number of runs he scores, it is the way that he goes about getting them and he’s not satisfied unless he finishes the job off.”

Bassett restricted Malmesbury to 174-7 with Jubedur Rahman the pick of the bowlers claiming 3-23 from eight overs.

They then eased home with five wickets and eight balls to spare.

Hinton Charterhouse surrendered their hold on the top spot as a sublime 142 from opener Gerald Hayward, which included 14 fours and a six, helped visitors Box to 237-3.

Hinton quickly found themselves in trouble in their reply slumping to 38-5 before they were dismissed for 106 as Box strike bowler Jordan Welsby claimed figures of 4-20.

Beanacre & Melksham got the better of local rivals Bradford on Avon despite being dismissed for 142 having been put into bat.

Bradford’s bowlers began to make inroads as Ben Brown, John Wiltshire and Joe Veacock all reached the 20s.

Dan Tallentire’s spin mopped up the tail as he took 4-16 in 7.2 overs to end the Beanacre innings in the 36th over.

Bradford’s reply started slowly in the face of fast, accurate bowling from Brown (2-24 off 12) and Rich Hemmings (2-23 off 10).

Youngster Jack Footner (3-19) and veteran Chris Downham (3-17) wrapped up the home side’s innings as they were all out for 108, James Edwards (23), Manoj Perera (29) and Ian Pinchen (14) the pick of their batsmen.

Swindon Civil Service claimed local bragging rights as their bowlers destroyed NALGO to secure a 126-run victory.

Potterne were all out for 96 in reply, Tyrie taking 5-16 as Max Bartholomew scored 44.

Corsham 3rd’s 93-run triumph over Beehive (Southwick) was set up by their innings of 148, Liam Sumsion scoring 55 and Gabriel Field 36 before they bowled Southwick out for 55, Sam Thomson with 3-21 and Sayeed Ibrahim 4-20.

Graham Cuthbertson took 4-26 from 10.4 overs and Paul Cornock 3-6 from four as Warminster 3rd bowled Trowbridge A for 96 before knocking off the runs for the loss of four wickets, the innings finished off by a mature innings from youngsters Bron Wood (14*) and quick-fire 23 not out from Jordan Ashman.